DANA BEYERLE: Investiture ceremony set for Moore

Published: Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.

Last Modified: Friday, January 4, 2013 at 7:45 p.m.

An investiture ceremony for Chief Justice-elect Roy Moore will be held Friday in Montgomery, in the Judicial Building where he once presided.

The public ceremony for Moore and Supreme Court Justice-elect Tommy Bryan will be at 1:30 p.m. in the Supreme Court courtroom.

Moore was chief justice from 2001 to 2003, but was removed from office for refusing a federal court order to remove his 5,280-pound monument to the Ten Commandments from the Judicial Building rotunda. He was elected to his old office in November.

In all, 11 appellate court justices including five Supreme Court justices will take office on Jan. 14. All but Bryan and Moore will be sworn in without investiture ceremonies since all are incumbents who previously participated in their investitures, according to information from Court of Civil Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals and Supreme Court clerk offices.

Alabama Exposure is compiled by Dana Beyerle in the Montgomery bureau of The Gadsden Times. He can be reached at 334-264-6605 or by email at dtb12345@aol.com.

Party lines

All seven members of Alabama’s congressional delegation who took office in the 113th Congress Thursday voted along party lines for speaker.

Six of Alabama’s seven members of Congress are Republican. All voted to re-elect House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. The delegation’s sole Democrat, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell of Birmingham, voted for former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, who became House minority leader.

Alabama’s Republican members are Robert Aderholt of Haleyville, Spencer Bachus of Vestavia Hills, Jo Bonner of Mobile, Mo Brooks of Huntsville, Martha Roby of Montgomery, and Mike Rogers of Saks.

Bachus is the senior member of the delegation.

Alabama Exposure is compiled by Dana Beyerle in the Montgomery bureau of The Gadsden Times. He can be reached at 334-264-6605 or by email at dtb12345@aol.com.

Lucrative

The latest Retirement Systems of Alabama “Advisor” newsletter contains a phenomenal number: the 55 Water Street office building the RSA owns in lower Manhattan has netted $892.9 million since the RAS bought it in bankruptcy 20 years ago.

The nearly $900 million is more than the $624 million invested in the building that has 3.9 million square feet of office space, the RSA said.

The building has no debt, the RSA said.

The lower floors of the building were flooded when Hurricane Sandy hit New York, and parts of the building were out of commission for more than month.

The RSA ended fiscal year 2012 with assets of nearly $28.5 billion.

Assets of the three funds under RSA management grew $3.29 billion in 2012, the agency said.

Alabama Exposure is compiled by Dana Beyerle in the Montgomery bureau of The Gadsden Times. He can be reached at 334-264-6605 or by email at dtb12345@aol.com.

Top priorities

Alabama House of Representative Democrats have placed teacher, state employee and retiree raises at the top of their budget priority list, House Minority Leader Craig Ford, D-Gadsden, said.

The list of budget priorities includes repaying money to the Alabama Trust Fund, fully funding Medicaid and mental health, avoiding tax increases on working families, supporting a state lottery, closing corporate tax loopholes and raising taxes on tobacco.

Alabama Exposure is compiled by Dana Beyerle in the Montgomery bureau of The Gadsden Times. He can be reached at 334-264-6605 or by email at dtb12345@aol.com.

Promotions

Alabama Revenue Commissioner Julie Magee has promoted two employees.

Magee said Curtis Stewart is a new deputy commissioner and Mike Gamble succeeds him as tax policy research division director.

The promotions were effective Jan. 1.

“I have every confidence in Mr. Stewart’s and Mr. Gamble’s leadership capabilities and know they will serve the department well,” Magee said.

Joe Garrett is the other deputy commissioner.

Stewart is a certified public accountant and was in private practice in Atlanta. He joined the ADOR in 1991 and since 2008 has been director of the Tax Policy and Research Division.

Stewart is a native of Greenville and earned a bachelor’s degree from the Commerce School of Washington and Lee University.

Gamble, also a CPA, joined the ADOR in 1992. He was assistant director of the Motor Vehicle Division.

The native of Huntsville earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Auburn University and a master of business administration degree from Troy University.

Alabama Exposure is compiled by Dana Beyerle in the Montgomery bureau of The Gadsden Times. He can be reached at 334-264-6605 or by email at dtb12345@aol.com.

<p>An investiture ceremony for Chief Justice-elect Roy Moore will be held Friday in Montgomery, in the Judicial Building where he once presided.</p><p>The public ceremony for Moore and Supreme Court Justice-elect Tommy Bryan will be at 1:30 p.m. in the Supreme Court courtroom.</p><p>Moore was chief justice from 2001 to 2003, but was removed from office for refusing a federal court order to remove his 5,280-pound monument to the Ten Commandments from the Judicial Building rotunda. He was elected to his old office in November.</p><p>In all, 11 appellate court justices including five Supreme Court justices will take office on Jan. 14. All but Bryan and Moore will be sworn in without investiture ceremonies since all are incumbents who previously participated in their investitures, according to information from Court of Civil Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals and Supreme Court clerk offices.</p>
<p class="italic font120">Alabama Exposure is compiled by Dana Beyerle in the Montgomery bureau of The Gadsden Times. He can be reached at 334-264-6605 or by email at dtb12345@aol.com.</p><h3>Party lines</h3>
<p>All seven members of Alabama's congressional delegation who took office in the 113th Congress Thursday voted along party lines for speaker.</p><p>Six of Alabama's seven members of Congress are Republican. All voted to re-elect House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. The delegation's sole Democrat, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell of Birmingham, voted for former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, who became House minority leader.</p><p>Alabama's Republican members are Robert Aderholt of Haleyville, Spencer Bachus of Vestavia Hills, Jo Bonner of Mobile, Mo Brooks of Huntsville, Martha Roby of Montgomery, and Mike Rogers of Saks.</p><p>Bachus is the senior member of the delegation.</p>
<p class="italic font120">Alabama Exposure is compiled by Dana Beyerle in the Montgomery bureau of The Gadsden Times. He can be reached at 334-264-6605 or by email at dtb12345@aol.com.</p><h3>Lucrative</h3>
<p>The latest Retirement Systems of Alabama “Advisor” newsletter contains a phenomenal number: the 55 Water Street office building the RSA owns in lower Manhattan has netted $892.9 million since the RAS bought it in bankruptcy 20 years ago.</p><p>The nearly $900 million is more than the $624 million invested in the building that has 3.9 million square feet of office space, the RSA said. </p><p>The building has no debt, the RSA said.</p><p>The lower floors of the building were flooded when Hurricane Sandy hit New York, and parts of the building were out of commission for more than month.</p><p>The RSA ended fiscal year 2012 with assets of nearly $28.5 billion.</p><p>Assets of the three funds under RSA management grew $3.29 billion in 2012, the agency said.</p>
<p class="italic font120">Alabama Exposure is compiled by Dana Beyerle in the Montgomery bureau of The Gadsden Times. He can be reached at 334-264-6605 or by email at dtb12345@aol.com.</p><h3>Top priorities</h3>
<p>Alabama House of Representative Democrats have placed teacher, state employee and retiree raises at the top of their budget priority list, House Minority Leader Craig Ford, D-Gadsden, said.</p><p>The list of budget priorities includes repaying money to the Alabama Trust Fund, fully funding Medicaid and mental health, avoiding tax increases on working families, supporting a state lottery, closing corporate tax loopholes and raising taxes on tobacco.</p>
<p class="italic font120">Alabama Exposure is compiled by Dana Beyerle in the Montgomery bureau of The Gadsden Times. He can be reached at 334-264-6605 or by email at dtb12345@aol.com.</p><h3>Promotions</h3>
<p>Alabama Revenue Commissioner Julie Magee has promoted two employees.</p><p>Magee said Curtis Stewart is a new deputy commissioner and Mike Gamble succeeds him as tax policy research division director.</p><p>The promotions were effective Jan. 1.</p><p>“I have every confidence in Mr. Stewart's and Mr. Gamble's leadership capabilities and know they will serve the department well,” Magee said.</p><p>Joe Garrett is the other deputy commissioner.</p><p>Stewart is a certified public accountant and was in private practice in Atlanta. He joined the ADOR in 1991 and since 2008 has been director of the Tax Policy and Research Division.</p><p>Stewart is a native of Greenville and earned a bachelor's degree from the Commerce School of Washington and Lee University.</p><p>Gamble, also a CPA, joined the ADOR in 1992. He was assistant director of the Motor Vehicle Division.</p><p>The native of Huntsville earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Auburn University and a master of business administration degree from Troy University.</p>
<p class="italic font120">Alabama Exposure is compiled by Dana Beyerle in the Montgomery bureau of The Gadsden Times. He can be reached at 334-264-6605 or by email at dtb12345@aol.com.</p>